It’s Tuesday! And that means it’s time to participate in the meme created by Broke and Bookish where bloggers share their top ten based on a given topic.

Today’s Topic is: Thanksgiving freebie — tell us what you are thankful for! Books you are thankful for!

I really like this topic. I’ve been a feeling a little bit Pollyanna-ish lately trying to see the good in everything and everyone and I realise that generally I have a lot to be thankful for. And that definitely applies to books and authors.

1. Twilight by Stephenie Meyer. I didn’t love this book. And I don’t like that I misspell the author’s first name almost every single time I type it. But I’m thankful for this book because I think it spawned a new dawn to the young adult book scene.
2. Throne of Glass by Sarah J Maas. I’m thankful to this series for showing me that love triangles can be written well. And it’s okay to be a grown woman and head over heels in love with a fictional world.
3. Harry Potter by JK Rowling. I’m thankful for this series for introducing me to a whole world of bookish people. I’ve been involved with a HP fansite for ten years. Which is kind of insane. And I’ve met people from all over the world where the only thing we really have in common is our love of the people and places in the magical wizarding world.
4. Little Women by Louisa May Alcott. This book taught me that if I didn’t like the ending the author gives us – that’s what fan fiction is for! OH yes… before I even knew what fanfiction was, I was rewriting Little Women so that I got a Laurie/Jo happily ever after.
5. Me Before You by Jojo Moyers. This book I’m thankful for because it broke my heart in the most wonderful way. You know those books where you know what is going to happen and you know it’s going to be bad but somehow you’re not ready for it when it comes. And when it hits you it is like all the air gets forced out of your chest and your heart breaks over and over again. That’s what this book was like for me. And I loved every minute of it. I’m so glad there are books and authors out there who can affect us so much we feel it physically.
6. Saving Francesca by Melina Marchetta. I’m thankful that we have such incredible Aussies writing the most amazing books. I’m also thankful to this particular book because in a way it helped me survive my final year in high school.
7. The Black Dagger Brotherhood by JR Ward for getting me out of my YA world and into a much darker, grittier and romantic literary scene.
8. Amy Amaryllis by Sally Rogers. This was the book I read a thousand times when I was a preteen. It’s not very well known and I remember buying it with a dollar I found on the ground of a shopping centre car park. It’s a book about two girls who are physically identical and they magically switched places. It is on my list because this is one of those books which I profoundly remember reading and I can’t remember reading a novel on my own before this one. This is one of the books which helped spawn my love of reading.
9. Shadows by Paula Weston. This book showed me that not only can I enjoy an Angel centric story but angels can be pretty bad-arse.
10. Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand. This book makes the list for showing me that just because I want to read a book doesn’t mean I can. I started this book when I was 12 year old. I turned 29 on Friday. It’s still a work in progress… I will one day finish it!

Which books are you thankful for?

Happy Tuesday and Happy Thanksgiving to all those in the US on Thursday. 🙂